After a short battle with cancer, Kirstie Alley passed away. She was older than 70.
Her children, William "True" Stevenson and Lillie Price Stevenson, announced the news with a statement on their mother's social media accounts.
They said in a statement that their mother passed away after a battle with cancer. She was surrounded by her closest family and fought with great strength, leaving us with a certainty of her never-ending joy of living. She was more than just an actress, she was also a mother and grandmother.
"Our mother's passion for life, her children, grandchildren and her many animals, not to mention our eternal joy of creating, were unparalleled and left us inspired to live life to the fullest just as she did," they said. We want you to respect our privacy at this difficult time.
Kirstie Alley first appeared on television in 1979 as a contestant on Match Game. She said that she was an interior designer.
In Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, she played the role of Lieutenant Saavik. She didn't reprise her role in later sequels, but she did appear in a number of lesser-known films. At the same time, she was guest-starring in a number of TV shows. She had her first regular role in Masquerade in 1983. In 1985 she was in the ABC mini-series North and South.
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She had roles in several movies, including Look Who's Talking and Look Who's Talking Too with John Travolta, as well as several TV movies, including A Bunny's Tale and Infidelity. She was a part of the sixth season of the comedy.
She played Rebecca Howe on Wings.
She reprised her role as Mollie in Look Who's Talking Now in 1993. She won an award for her second film.
The three-season NBC sitcom Veronica's Closet, the docuseries Fat Actress as a caricature of herself, and TV Land's Kirstie opposite Michael Richards were all sitcoms in later years. She was in a Fox movie.
In addition, she was a houseguest in the UK version of Celebrity Big Brother in the UK.
She guest- starred on The Goldbergs and appeared in the movie You Can't Take My daughter. She appeared on The Masked Singer last year.
John Travolta paid tribute to the actress on his social media accounts.
Kirstie was one of the most special people I have ever met. He said he loved Kirstie. We'll see each other again.